To ask how much child maintenance you receive.

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I’m wondering where DC and I fit on the spectrum, just out of interest.

I receive £300 per month for one DC.
He lives 100 miles away and does no childcare at all, so that pays for breakfast/ after school clubs, holiday clubs and a bit towards her hobbies.

I’m very, very glad to be in my current position and not still married, so I’m not moaning at all, and also, I earn more than him so I don’t need more, but a £300 contribution to our DC seems low.

As others have said, it all depends on the earning of the NRP.

My DP's wage means the minimum he could pay is about £270 for 2 children, though he pays more through choice. They live a similar distance as you do from you ex, as mum moved away with them.

I think £300 is pretty good for one child.

I get mine through CMS, he has over the years, gone self employed and apparently earned nothing for three years or so.

The payments are based on salary.

There are some NRP's who pay over the CMS rate, but most seem to think they're incredibly clever to avoid paying for their children. I hope ex doesn't rock up in his old age and expect my kids to take care of him, he may get a bit of shock.

I get just over £1000 per month, he used to pay 500 as I went on his word at what he earned in his new job then I went through cms and they doubled it ex was not pleased to say the least.
He only sees one of my sons, maybe a night every 2 months, we have 3 though.

£0 for 1 dc aged 17, has no contact. He gave up working when dc was 18 months so he didn't need to pay maintenance. His arrears were written off years ago. Hes actually been working the last few years but I haven't bothered chasing cm as I think it will cause more harm than good.

@ChampagneWorries that is not correct - I receive £1800 per month for my 2 children and the amount is through the CMS - no court agreement or anything at all. Purely on exh’s earnings the previous year

£120 per month for 1 child. Only receive it very sporadically so can't rely on it when sorting out finances. Other parent has very limited contact, I think about 5 half day visits in the last year and only 1 in the couple of years before that.

2DC (one SN meaning I can’t currently work)

I receive £0 per month in child support from their father. And 0 hours per month in physical support from their father.

Nothing but we are about 60/40 and I am a pretty high earner and he isn’t. I’d rather be spent money on DD when she’s with him.

Some fathers so be so ashamed!!

I've always thought it was very unfair that child maintenance isn't taken into account for benefits. It has never affected me just to clarify

never affected you. Perhaps If it had you’d understand why it isn’t taken into account.

Why do you think the disparity is unbelievable.. It is quite obvious the amount depends on the income. If NRP has 6 figure salary the maintenance payment will be £££, if NRP is unemployed it will be 0. There is no point in comparing it

To share from another perspective. My partner and I have 1 child and his 2 children from a previous relationship.

We have my stepchildren 3 out of 4 weekends (pick up from school on Friday and drop of on Monday). On non-weekend weeks we pick them up from school on weekday and they stay overnight.

My partner pays £1000 a month, used to be £1500 as he did not realise he was overpaying after we had our child. That was difficult and we were struggling every month. A bit easier now but we still only have £300 disposable after bills and food (which can be difficult when all kids need new shoes/clothes etc).

Also reading this thread some of these fathers should be ashamed! Well done all of you who are single handedly raising your children!

It's going to depend on their earnings. Have you gone through CMS?

I get £350 for 2 kids but it's a fair percentage of his wage and we do around a 70/30 split plus he pays half for hobbies/holiday care.

The difference is based on wage so it's not unusual to have such big differences but those who pay nothing or try to pay less are such scum.

Didn't get anything for my DS, ex kept disappearing abroad where they couldn't find him.

Left when my DC were 9 and 4. Never had a penny but youngest goes eow and sometimes asks me for money for his food 😡

One DD, we split time evenly (3 days one week, 4 days the next) and we both earn a similar amount. He pays me £100 a month direct debit, private arrangement, because I book and pay for activities such as swimming lessons, brownies, dancing, and the things that go along like brownie uniform, dancing shoes etc. We also both pay £40 a month each into a savings account for when she’s older, which is a child saver account but is linked to my main account and I have access to. I get the child benefit, I use to towards childcare (before and after school wraparound as needed).

I get £200 a month for 2 children, my friend gets £600 a month for 1 child. It depends what the NRP earns.

Nothing, haven't seen a penny since claims moved from CSA to CMS, I only used to get £5 a week because exh is on benefits.

Zero for 2 children but we don't even know if he is alive after running off with his 19 year old girlfriend when they were nearly 3 and 1. Thankfully DP considers them his, and they call him dad. They are 17 and 15 now.

£1 / month, voluntary overpayment as the official assessment is nil.

It all comes down to how much your ex-dp earns, if you've chosen to have children with some dead beat that is work shy and is on minimum wage then you aren't going to get anything, if on the other hand you've chosen to have kids with someone who has got their shit together I.e a good career, house, savings, pension etc then you will get more online with their earnings

Lone parent with two under 2.

Zero. Their birth father earns thousands selling select electrical goods on eBay but claims unemployment benefits, so doesn’t have to pay child support as he doesn’t declare his income.

I’d never asked for it anyway as I knew he wouldn’t want to contribute.

When I read about mums on here complaining their child’s absent father is ‘only’ paying all of their mortgage plus contributing £900 a month for their kid whilst mum doesn’t work, it irks. I’ve brought mine up doing the same hobbies and expenditures as your’s most likely, and didn’t need their father to pay for them.

£125 a month, has DD anything from 1-3 nights a week depending on work. Usually it’s 2 though, not a high earner.